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ATION WICE N, AS THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER enter mtmtmtx Published by Estate of J. G. Boylin. Published Every Thursday. si. 00 a Year Due in Advance. gSTABLTSHED 1881 VADESBORG, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918 VOL. XXV J II. NO. 42 I i. i.. l. ' ..i'1 . ' i." mill i" i i ii wp , i i, i. 4 THE WAR. Allied Armies From North Sea to Verdun Continue to Advance Ger mans Said to Have Started Wide Retreat British Advancing in Sy ria and Allies in Balkans. Everywhere from the North sea to verdun the allied armies are ad vancing. The British, French and Belgians began on Monday a heavy attack in Western Belgium, and have driven the Germans back several miles. It appears that within a few days the Germans will have to get out of a large part of Belgium and -practically all of France. The first of the week the Germans retreated from the Laon-La Tere area in France, which constituted their strongest position on the entire west ern front. There are intimations from France that there is a strong probability that a large part of the German army will be cut off in France, and that this is one of the chief reasons for the "German peace proposals. Following is the dispatch in this morning's papers telling of the sit uation: With the Allied Armies in Bel gium, Oct. 16., (By the Associated Press 4:30 P, M.) The Germans have started a retreat on a tremen dous scale from northern Belgium, French cavalry is approaching Thielt, seven miles from the banks of the Ghent-Bruges canal. The canal its elf is only 10 miles from the border of Holland. So fast is the enemy re treating that the French, British and 'Belgian infantry, at least m the cen ter of the battlefront, have lost touch entirely with the enemy. The Belgians, advancing astride 'the Thorout-Bruges and Thourout Ostend roads, have defeated the Ger mans, who are retreating rapidly. which is barring the way to Valen ciennes and the German defense line in that vicinity. Here the Germans are continuing to withdraw, closely followed by the British who are with in 2 1-2 miles and 3 9-4 miles of Lille, respectively southwest and west of the city. In the Champagne region where the French and Americans are driv ing their way northward furtbpv good gains have been made notwithstand ing the furious efforts of the Gsrmans to hold their line.' Rethel, the impor tart junction point fr tne railways i onning to Mezieres and other points inside the enemy-held territory is aH tut captured by the French East ward the Americans also have again pressed slightly forward. NORTH CAROLINA NEVER FAILS Uncorifirmed rumors are in the air 'that Germany has capitulated and that Emperor William has abdicated. The rumors emanated from Dutch and 'Swiss sources, but as yet the German government has not official ly informed either the Washington or of its intention down bv President Wilson. Meanwhile hostilities are proceed ing without cessation and as in days past the forces 6f the allies every where are def eatine the enemy. In tBebrian Flanders, the British, Bel gian and Trench troops under King Albert are sweeping forward for further material gains in the process of driving the invader from Belgian soil; on the front m France the Brit ish, French and Americans are hard after the Germans and are making progress, although slowly, notwith standing the strenuous defense that is being offered, Both in Serbia and Albania the entente troops are ridding the invad: ed districts of the Austro-Hungarian and German contingents, in Albania being well to the north of Durazzo on the Adriatic sea and in Serbia a con siderable distance beyond Nish With the enemy falling hack toward the frontier of Anetro-Hungary. British Beach Tripoli. In the Palestine district the Brit, ish cavalry has driven far to the north and northwest of Damascus, having reached Tripoli near the Medi Beirut and Horns, 85 miles north of Beiaut and Horns, SSm! north of Damascus. By this maneuver there seemingly is created for the Ottoman forces the menace of again being caught between General AUenby's ar mies and crushed as was the case in the early days of the offensive in the region north of Jerusalem. The man euver also may forecast a new drive by the British from the Bagdad re. Li x M ,,. Ktvt Yirifti Clan otq 1 Hp Allenby at Aleppo and thus take 'the Holy Land In its entirety from the Turks. The great wedge of the allies in Flanders is being gradually extend ed eastward all along the front, of attack. Thourout, at the head of the ailway leading to Bruges and num- ous villages to the south have been 'taffcn. while Courtrai. the junction point of the railway to Ghent, is al most entirely., surrounded. Large numbers of prisoners and many ad- ' ditional guns have beefc captured by the Belgian, French and British troops who are carrying out the oper ation. After Douai and Lille. To the south of this region the British continue successfully their maneuver which has as its main ob- ave the capture of Douai and Lille he blotting out of the big salient "North Carolina has never failed, from Moore's Creek to Cambrai. Its men have fought bravely for Liberey, its women have made noble sacrifice, and its boys have put Liberty above life. "The boys are not failing now. They will be watching on the 19th, when the bond issue campaign ends, to see if the people at home have failed- them. They are covered with mud and glory. At home we sleep in com fortable beds and do not eat our meals to the music of shrieking shells. 'The least we can do. for the men fighting our battles is to supply them with all they need. This costs billions. The bond issue now asked is sorely needed. If it is not sub scribed, there must be resort to in creased taxation. "We have conscripted men. There is the same right to conscript money. But it is not necessary. The duty of every man who has as much as $50 is to buy bonds. The duty of men who have thousands is to buy until they feel the pinch. "The prevalence of influenza re tards public meetings and canvassing. .But it does not justify failure upon any one's part to take his share. It should make every man his own can vasser. "I know there will be no relaxation JOSEPHTJS DANIELS. INFLUENZA SITUATION. Seems to Be Under Control' in This County Have Been Only Two Deaths in Anson New Regula tions by Board of Health. The influenza situation in Wades boro and the county seems to be un der control. Not a great many new cases have been reported since the last issue of The M. & I., and a num ber of those who had it last week are now able to be out. There are a nuiriber of cases in South Wadesboro, and the cotton mill has closed down. So far as is known, there have been only two deaths in the county, as compared with hundreds in some other counties.' However, there are cases in almost all parts of the county, and precau tions are still necessary. The board of health on Tuesday adopted some new regulations, making the quaran tine stricter, and these are given elsewhere in this issue. Thus far, Anson seems to have es caped much more lightly than the counties round about, not to men tion the eastern counties, where the scourge has been worse. However, the epidemic seems to have spent its force in some of the eastern coun ties, and it is stated that in Wilming ton, which has suffered worse than any other town in the state, the schools will open again next Monday. 327 LOST IN COLLISION On WENT TO SCHOOLS. When Two Steamers Collide Rocky roast of Scotland. A British Port, Thursday. A large number of American troops have been lost as the result of the sinking of the transport Otranto in the North channel between the Scotch and Irish coasts, in a collision with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto after the collision was dashed to pieces on the rocks off the south Scottish coast with a probable loss of 372 American soldiers. Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by the British de stroyer Mounsey, the only vessel which made an attempt at rescu in the terrific gale when the Kashmire, another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto, rammed the Otranto amid ships. Seventeen men were picked up alive on the Scottish coast. Of the 699 American soldiers on board the Otranto, 310 were landed. Seventeen were rescued alive at Is laf, leaving 372 unaccounted for. Battling uith Storm. GERMANS REDOUBLE CRUELTIES IN BELGIUM THE TOLL OF PNEUMONIA. Sieze All Males Between 15 and 45 In One Region and Force Them to Work. Havre, Oct 8. The Belgium Gov ernment has issued statement that from the coast to beyond the City of Bruges the male population between the ages of 15 to 45 have been brutal ly torn from their homes and forced to labor on German military works. The text of the statement reads: "The Belgium Government has been conferring for several weeks past with the allied Governments on the subject of measures which are neces sitated by methods of destruction and pillage which the enemy is employing in territory he is obliged to evacuate. "Belgium has been from the begin ning of the war exposed to the out rages of the German armies. At the very moment the new imperial Chan cellor is proclaiming his anxiety for the happiness of peoples and his will to work for the deliverance of hu- i sad Former Ai Who Have Fallea Victims to the Dread manity, the Belgian Government re- The Otranto and other vessels of ' Ceives .new" f fresh excess. on the the convov were hntHno- urirt. tfce I Part 01 e WrDlan armles ln OCCU- heavy seas and high winds Sunday ! pied, Bium' From the coast to be" morning. The storm was so severe and the visibility so bad that Kashmir, a former Peninsular & Ori- yond Bruges the from 15 to 45 male population IYiq i Au w jrcttio ia ueiug turn ; irom tneir nomes and subjected to Last Tuesday three white men left for the University of Virginia, Char lottesville, Va., and four colored men j for the A. & T. College, Greensboro, to take training in special work for the army. All these were volunteers, and there were many more volunteers who could not go. Those who went were: i Whites. Fred Moore Mills, Wadesboro. Benj. F. Knotts, LilesviUe. Eddie B. Ratliff, Ruby R. 1. Colored. Ed. Smith, Wadesboro. Chavis Lindsey, Wadesboro. Willie Crawford, Wadesboro. Samuel Gaddy, ental liner, crashed into the Otranto squarely amidships. The Kasshmir backed away badly damaged but was able to make port. As the bows of the Kashmir were pulled from the great holes in the side of the Otranto the water rushed in but for a time it Id not serve to stop the engines. The Otranto tried to proceed but made no headway a gainst the gale in her crippled con dition. Within a short time the water put out her fires and the Otranto drift ed helplessly toward the rocky coast of Islay island where most of the Tuscania victims met their deaths. the most brutal treatment. These I men are compelled to work at forced labor for the military needs of the enemy. I "A vengeful clamor would rise from the whole world if at the mo ment of leaving Belgian soil, the German armies renewed with redoub led cruelty the excesses which marked the invasion of Belgium, and if they undertook to consummate the ruin of the country by pillage, arson, and the wholesale deportation of the people." OLLIE BASIL DEATON IS VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA. PINEY WOODS NEWS. Moi Dies Af- Fodder pulling and cotton picking is the go through this section. Mr. L. F. Cagle visited Mr. L. P. Brown Sunday evening. Miss Pearlie Harward is on the sick MR. W. T. ROSE. Rose Hill is wrapped in the deep est grief, and the entire community mourns with them, the death of Mr. Walter Thomas Rose, which occurred on Thursday evening, Oct. 10th, 191S, at his beautiful home, which occupies a commanding site in that locality. He was stricken with influenza ten days before his death, following a business trip to Charlotte, and after wards developed pneumonia, which rapidly hastened his end. His death came as a great shock to his family and his friends, and in his going, the social, religious and commercial life of the town has suffered a greivous loss. He was the oldest living son of Mr. Walter L. Rose, his mother having been laid to rest last October. His father has been in feeble health for years and has leaned upon "Wal ter," and found much pleasure in his companionship. The whole family has looked up to him, and relied upon his judgment. He was bom April 18, 1875, and his entire life was spent "on the hill." He doubtless loved ev ery foot of it, as most of us do our old homes, which are sacred to us, and filled with precious memories. He was given a good education, and his business career began at an early age, when he lent valuable aid to his father, who was for an extended per iod agent for the A. C. L. Ry. here in its pioneer days. He probably learn ed telegraphy in this capacity, and was afterwards made manager of the Western Union Tel. Co. here, which position he held for twenty years, with credit to himself, and to the en tire satisfaction of the general pub lic. The next step in a busy life was to assist in organizing the Anson Real Estate & Insurance Co., of which he was made secretary and treasurer. His wonderful business acumen has carried it forward successfully year after year, and it has been a potent factor in the upbuilding of the town. JOEL DEESE KTLLED Mr. Abel Deese, of North Wades boro, a few days ago received a tele gram from the adjutant-general of the army stating that his son, Mr. Joel R. Deese, had been killed In ac tion on Sept. 15th. Mr. Deese had been in the army for some time. He was an excellent young man, and had many friends. So far as is known definitely, he was the first Ansonian to be killed in action. SOLI AT THE FRONT With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 15. President Wilson's answer to the Germans was greeted unanimously by the men as a document of supreme statesman ship, completely filling the bill and imposing on the Germans the humil iation and abnegation absolutely nec essary. It served, however, to in crease the doubts Whether the enemy -will in last analysis back down com pletely and to steel every one to fight on indefinitely and impose upon Ger many absolute defeat. Troy, Oct. 16. Ollie Basil Deaton aged 89, died at his home here this evening of pneumonia after an illness of one week. Deceased was editor of The Montgomerian, and a former register of deeds in Montgomery county, holding office for a period of 10 years. He spent most of his life in Troy. He was a member of the Baptist church. Beulah Cagle Sunday evening Messrs. Lee McBride, Nacy Ingold and Walter Brown visited Mr. Joel Home's Sunday night. Mr. Will Cagle and Ed McBride vitited Mr. M. T. Harward Sunday evening. THE BETTER PURPOSE. Detroit Free Press. Just remember those Yanks are driving those tanks on some of the gasoline you saved on Sundays. Notice to the Churches of the Zion Field. The Zion Missionary Baptist As sociation, which was to convene Oct. 16, with the Flint Ridge Baptist church of Marshville is postponed un til further notice, on account of the Spanish Influenza. G. W. BAUCOM, Cor. Secy. CONCERNING PEACE PROPOSALS This German thing we have resolved to destroy is a criminal outlawed thing and cannot be parleyed with. We must get him dead or alive, though we go to Berlin to do it. When we have taken him he shall be brought handcuffed before the bar of hu manity and sentenced as he deserves. Kaiser William offers a hand clasp to his enemies based on an "honorable peace." 1 o grant Germany and its allies peace would be to welcome back to civilization without punishment nations which can be truthfully characterized as composed of IJAHS. AND SOUL IN NEUTRAL COUN- DESTROYERS OF WOMANHOOD TRIES TO POISON THE MIND AND OF CIVILIZATION ALIKE. AS THEY POISON THE WELLS. ATHEISTIC BARBARIANS WHO WOULD BLOT OUT CHRISTIAN ITY. MURDERERS ON THE HIGH SEAS. SHARKS. GLOATERS OVER THEIR OWN INFAMIES. MAKERS OF HOLIDAYS AND MEDALS TO CELEBRATE THE MURDER OF 1000 WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND NON-COMBATANTS. INSTIGATORS OF EVERY VILE DEVIL - CONTROLLED MTwn And shall we talk peace with such scoundrels whose crimes, whose turpitude, whose moral depravity and inherent vileness has made them the mental and moral pros titutes of all the ages arid the willing murderers of millions of men, women and chil dren? May God forbid! "Unconditional Surrender" says Wilson. BUY LIBERTY BONDS! ON TO BERLIN! DEATH TO G8ERMANISM! We are in to the end We are in it to Win. Let every Anson County home own a bond. n. . R- E- LITTLE, ADAM LOCKHART, Chairman Anson County. .L Chairman Liberty Loan Committee. "1 ASSASINS MURDERERS. RAPISTS. MANGLERS OF CHILDREN. BESTIAL CRIMES WHOSE CRIMES "SICKEN A TIGER." DESTROYERS OF CATHEDRALS. ROBBERS WHO HAVE LOOTED HOMES AND NATIONS ALIKE. MUTILATORS. BANDITS. DESPOILERS. PLUNDERERS. PILLAGERS. FREEBOOTERS. LOOTERS. CRIMINALS WHOSE HANDS RUN RED WITH HUMAN BLOOD. HYPOCRITES. PIRATES. VIOLATORS OF EVERY AGREE MENT AS "SCRAPS OF PAPER," WHOSE SPOKEN OR WRITTEN CONTRACT IS AS WORTHLESS AS A BOX OF MATCHES IN HELL. WOULD -BE -WORLD LOOTERS AND RULERS WHO CUT DOWN FRUIT TREES WITH THE SAME RUTHLESSNESS THAT THEY POISON WELLS. CRUCIFIERS OF PRISONERS. . BOMBERS OF RED CROSS HOSPITALS. reflected credit on his management, and he accumulated a good estate. He was always safe and prudent, yet fill ed with the progressive spirit of the times, and ever appreciative of any courtesies extended him, or the young ladies who worked under him. It seems hard to realize that a man of his robust appearance, and never failing energy, should have been cut off in the prime of life. But God moves in a mysterious way, and has called on him to lay down his earth ly career, and take up work in the Master's vineyard. With thousands of people entering the celestial city each day, from every clime and every nation, from pole to pole, and ocean's farthest shore, there must be plenty of work for willing, eager hands to do. Mr. Rose was happily married on March 10, 1909, to Miss Shelly Home, who, with one btautiful boy Walter Thos. .Rose, Jr., survives him. Their home life was one of unusual happi ness, and few men are blessed with more faithful, devoted wives. The deepest sympathy goes out to her in her intense loneliness, but she ia a consecrated Christian woman, and will put her trust in God, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death, and continue her good works in the community. E. N. L. MR. GEORGE B. LOCKHART. The sad news reached here on Mon day afternoon, Oct. 14th, 1918, that George Burgwin Loekhart, eldest son of the late Hon. Jas. A. Loekhart and his wife, Caroline Ashe Loekhart, and grandson of the late Hon. Thos. S. Ashe, for many years a distinguished jurist of North Carolina, had died of pneumonia at his home in Coram, bia, S. C. His illness was severe from the first, and was the cause of grave apprehension on the p. - of his rela tives and friends, as this as Ms third attack of the fatal disease. He w- ? bora in February I860, at the old family home on the Camden Road, and frraw to manhood there, being carefully nurtured by devoted par ents. He was given a High school education at home, afterwards tak ing a course at the University of N. C. He was genial and clever by na ture, making many friends wherever his lot wss cast. He filled several positions creditably, one of them being ant cashier of the First National Bank for a time. After leaving here, he followed the same calling East (Continued on 4th page.)
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